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United States Patent | 6,155,876 |
Ho ,   et al. | December 5, 2000 |
A connector adapter for electrically receiving a card connector having a shielding, comprises an insulative body portion defining a mating face and a soldering face adjacent to the mating face. A plurality of contacts are received in passageways defined in the body portion between the mating and soldering faces. A concave surface is defined in a top face of the body portion opposite the soldering face and forms two hook devices upwardly extending therefrom symmetrical about a central line of the body portion. A metal cover forms an elastic tab on a central portion thereof and two holes symmetrical about the elastic tab for engaging with the hook devices thereby fixing the metal cover to the top face of the body portion. A reception space is defined between the metal cover and the concave surface for receiving the shielding of the card connector.
Inventors: | Ho; Yu-Ming (Pen-Chiao, TW); Lai; Ming-Chun (Shin-Juang, TW) |
Assignee: | Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd. (Taipei Hsien, TW) |
Appl. No.: | 221195 |
Filed: | December 23, 1998 |
Current U.S. Class: | 439/607 |
Intern'l Class: | H01R 013/648 |
Field of Search: | 439/607,79,86,541.5,157-159,325 |
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5536179 | Jul., 1996 | Olsson et al. | 439/108. |
5688130 | Nov., 1997 | Huang | 439/79. |
5743751 | Apr., 1998 | Davis et al. | 439/79. |